&latest=New CD:The Irrational Numbers &gigs=NeWS! CaLLiNG aLL aDVaNCeD/GRaDUaTe-LeVeL BaSSiSTS... DReW has been appointed to the faculty of NYU, New York University, as of Fall 2011. He'll be working with graduate students in several capacities, including private instruction...for your consideration. Newly available: 3 downloadable Masterclass/Lecture/Demonstrations from appearances at David Gage's NYC space, my living room, and the 2009 ISB Conference (State College, PA). Visit www.mikesmasterclasses.com. There are several excellent instructional videos by both bassists and guitarists available there for purchase. 2013 NoV 2 SYLVie CouRVoiSieR. DReW GReSS. KeNNY WoLLeSeN NYC 8-13 STeVe LeHMaN oCTeT. MaRK SHiM. JoNaTHaN FiNLaYSoN. TiM aLBRiGHT. JoSe DaViLa. CHRiS DiNGMaN. DReW GReSS. TYSHaWN SoReY 8 NYC 9 aNN aRBoR, Mi 10 oBERLiN, oH 13 WaSHINGToN, DC 17 MaRTY eHRLiCH. eRiK FRieDLaNDeR. DReW GReSS. LiBeRTY eLLMaN NYC 19-25 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK. CHRiS SPeeD. MaTT MoRaN. ReD WeiRiNGa. DReW GReSS euRoPe 19 BeRLiN 21-23 LoNDoN 24 DuBLiN 25 BeLFaST oCT 4-18 JoHN aBeRCRoMBie. MaRC CoPLaND. DReW GReSS. JoeY BaRoN euRoPe 4 CHaLoN sur SaoNe FRaNCe 5 THoNoN-LeS-BaiNS " 7 FeRRaRa iTaLY 8 MuNiCH GeRMaNY 9 LauSaNNe SWiTZeRLaND 10 MaRSeiLLe FRaNCe 11 PeRPiGNaN " 12 SaLZBuRG auSTRia 13 KaToWiCe PoLaND 15 BuDaPeST HuNGaRY 16 VieNNa auSTRia 18 SKoPJe MaCeDoNia 19 ToNY MaLaBY. RaLPH aLeSSi. DReW GReSS. BiLLY DRuMMoND JaZZ GaLLeRY, NYC 25-29 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK. CHRiS SPeeD. MaTT MoRaN. ReD WeiRiNGa. DReW GReSS KaTHMANDu, NePaL SeP 10 SYLVie CouRVoiSier. DReW GReSS. KeNNY WoLLeSeN SPeCTRuM, NYC 21 JoHN aBeRCRoMBie. DReW GReSS. BoB MeYeR RoSeNDaLe, NY 24-25 RaLPH aLeSSi. JaSoN MoRaN. DReW GReSS. NaSHeeT WaiTS JaZZ STaNDaRD, NYC 26 LuCiaN BaN. ABRaHaM BuRToN. DReW GReSS. eRiC MCPHeRSoN CoRNeLia ST. CaFe, NYC auG BiLL CaRRoTHeRS. DReW GReSS. BiLL STeWaRT 3 TaoRMiNa, iT 4 MiSiLMeRi, iT JuL 7 JoHN aBeRCRoMBie. BiLLY DReWeS. DReW GReSS. JoeY BaRoN MoNTReaL 14 LuiS PeRDoMo. DReW GReSS THe CeLL, NYC 15-19 SiM WoRKSHoP, NYC 19 ToM RaiNeY'S oBBLiGaTo w. iNGRiD LauBRoCK. RaLPH aLeSSi. KRiS DaViS. DReW GReSS CoRNeLia ST CaFe, NYC 23 MiCHaeL MooRe. FaY ViCToR. TaReK YaMaNi. DReW GReSS. ToM RaiNeY THe SToNe, NYC 26-auG 4 BiLL CaRRoTHeRS. DReW GReSS. BiLL STeWaRT euRoPe 26 LaNGNau, SWiTZeRLaND 28 SaN ViTo Lo CaPo, iTaLY 29 TRaBia, iT 31 SaNTa VeNeRiNa, iT JuN 7-8 SYLVie CouRVoiSieR. DReW GReSS. KeNNY WoLLeSeN THe SToNe, NYC 9 JaMeS CaRNeY SePTeT ReD HooK FeSTiVaL, BRooKLYN 12 PauL KoGuT, DReW GReSS. ViNNie SPeRaZZa BeaCoN, NY 13 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK'S CLuaDia QuiNTeT w. MaTT MiTCHeLL BRooKLYN CoNSeRVaToRY 16 PauL KoGuT. DReW GReSS. ViNNie SPeRaZZa ReD HooK FeSTiVaL, BRooKLYN 27 MaSTeR CLaSS @ NYU 27 MiKe RooD. DReW GReSS. CoLiN STRaNaHaN NYC MaY 1-9 RaVi CoLTRaNe. RaLPH aLeSSi. DaViD ViReLLeS. DReW GReSS. eRiC MCPHeRSoN EuRoPe 1 BaSeL, SWiTZeRLaND 2 aNTWeRP, BeLGiuM 3 LieGe, BeLGiuM 4 CHeLTeNHaM, UK 7 CouTaNCeS, FRaNCe 9 DuDeLaNGe, LuXeMBouRG 10-12 BiLL CaRRoTHeRS. DReW GReSS. DRe PaLLeMaeRTS 10 BeLGiuM 11 DuDLeLaNGe, LuXeMBouRG 12 BeLGiuM 15 HoSTiNG THe MuSiCiaN'S SHoW, WKCR-FM 89.9 NYC 6-9 PM 16 aRuaN oRTiZ. DaViD GiLMoRe. DReW GReSS. NaSHeeT WaiTS NYC 17 BeN MoNDeR. DReW GReSS. TeD PooR NYC 23 DaVe aLLeN. JoHN o"GaLLaGHeR. DReW GReSS. MaRK FeRBeR BRooKLYN 24-25 RaLPH aLeSSi. ToNY MaLaBY. aNDY MiLNe. DReW GReSS. MaRK FeRBeR NYC 28-29 ReCoRDiNG w. JoHN HoLLeNBeCK. CHRiS SPeeD. ReD WeiRiNGa. MaTT MoRaN aPR 1-5 aRTiST ReSiDeNCY, ToWSoN uNiVeRSiTY 2 DaVe BaLLou. HaRRY aPPeLMaN. DReW GReSS. JoN SeLiGMaN WeSTMiNSTeR, MD 9 LaRS GRauGaaRD. DReW GReSS NYC 12 RaVi COLTRaNe. RaLPH aLeSSi. DaViD ViReLLeS. DReW GReSS. eRiC MCPHeRSoN NeWPoRT NeWS, VA 23-MaY 9 " iSRaeL. euRoPe 23 TeL aViV 24 HeRZeLia, iSRaeL 25 TRoYeS, FRaNCe 26 iLMeNau, GeRMaNY 27 DoRTMuND 28 GeNeVa 30 BiLBao MaR 3 BiLLY DReWeS. KeNNY WeRNeR. DReW GReSS. ToNY MoReNo NYC 6 TiMuCiN SaHiN. DReW GReSS. GeNe JaCKSoN NYC 13 JaSoN RoBiNSoN. NiR FeLDeR. DReW GReSS. CHeS SMiTH BRooKLYN 16 ToNY MaLaBY. RaLPH aLeSSi. DReW GReSS. BiLLY DruMMoND NYC 19-23 RoBiN VeRHeYeN. RuSS JoHNSoN. DReW GReSS. JeFF DaViS euRoPe 19 LeuVeN 21 PaRiS 22 NuRNBeRG 23 MuNiCH 27-28 ReCoRDiNG w. JoHN asBeRCRoMBie. MaRC CoPLaND. JoeY BaRoN for ECM 30 KRiS DaViS. MaT MaNeRi. DReW GReSS. JiM BLaCK NYC FeB 7-8 FReD HeRSCH. DReW GReSS. eRiC MCPHeRSoN DeNVeR 12 TiMuCiN SaHiN, JoHN o'GaLLaGHeR. DReW GReSS. KeNNY GRoHoWSKi NYC 15-22 SaMueL BLaSeR. JoaCHiM BaDeNHoRST. RuSS LoSSiNG. DReW GReSS. GeRRY HeMiNGWaY euRoPe 15 LauSaNNe 16 BeRLiN 17 BeRN 18 PaRiS 19-20 ReCoRDiNG iN PaRiS 21 DoMMeLHoF, BeLGiuM 22 WieSBaDeN 28 ReCoRDiNG w. ToM RaiNeY. iNGRiD LauBRoCK. RaLPH aLeSSi. KRiS DaViS. JaN 8 uRi CaiNe. DReW GReSS. CLaReNCe PeNN NYC 11 " DeNVeR 12 " LoS aNGeLeS 14 PauL KoGuT. DReW GReSS JaCoN SaCKS. MiKe McGuiNeSS. BRiaN DRYe. DReW GReSS. ViNNie SPeRaZZa BRooKLYN 24 TiM BeRNe. DReW GReSS. ToM RaiNeY NYC 2012 DeC 7 MiCHaeL MCNeiLL. DReW GReSS. PHiL HaYNeS BRooKLYN 14 JoeL HaRRiSoN 7 TRIBeCa Y, NYC 18 JaSoN RoBiNSoN. LiBeRTY eLLMaN. MaRTY eHRLiCH. DReW GReSS. GeoRGe SCHuLLeR BRooKLYN NoV 1 LaRS GRauGaaRD. DReW GReSS AC iNSTiTuTe, NYC 9-18 JoHN aBeRCRoMBie. BiLLY DReWeS. DReW GReSS. JoeY BaRoN euRoPe 9 NeuBeRG, GeRMaNY 10 ToRiNO, iTaLY 11 MeSTRe, iTaLY 12 KoLN, GeRMaNY 13 VieNNa, AuSTRia 14 LiNZ, AuSTRia 15 LuGo, SPaiN 16 BReMGaRTeN, SWiTZeRLaND 17 DoRTMuND, GeRMaNY 18 SCHILTiGHeiM, FRaNCe 23-24 GeRaLD CLeaVeR. ToNY MsLaBY. aNDReW NiSHoP. MaT MaNeRi. CRaIG TaBoRN. DReW GReSS euRoPe 23 KaLiSZ, PoLaND 24 PaRIS 29 JaSoN RoBiNSoN. MaRTY eHRLiCH. LiBeRTY eLLMaN. DReW GReSS. GeoRGe SCHuLLeR NeW HaVeN, CT oCT 2-3 ReCoRDiNG FoR eCM: RaLPH aLeSSi. JaSoN MoRaN. DReW GReSS. NaSHeeT WaiTS NYC 6 DaVe aLLeN. DReW GReSS. MaRK FeRBeR NYC 9-13 GReG oSBY. aaRoN PaRKS. DReW GReSS. SeBaSTieN JoRDaN. NiCoLaS VeRa. CaRLoS CoSTa CHiLe 9 SaNTiaGo 10 CoNCePCioN 11 SaNTiaGo 12 SaNTa CRuZ 13 SaNTo DoMiNGo 24 MaT MaNeRi. LuCiaN BaN. DReW GReSS. RaNDY PeTeRSoN BRooKLYN 26-30 BiLL CaRRoTHeRS. DReW GReSS. DRe PaLLeMaeRTS euRoPe 26 GeNeVa 27-28 MuNiCH 29-30 PaRiS SeP 2 GeRaLD CLeaVeR. MaT MaNeRi. ToNY MaLaBY. aNDReW BiSHoP. CRaiG TaBoRN. DReW GReSS DeTRoiT 4-8 DaVe LieBMaN. DReW GReSS. PHiL HaYNeS 4 SuSQueHaNNa uNiV, PA 5 LeWiSBuRG, PA 6 RoCHeSTeR, NY 8 MiLHeiM, PA 13 DaVe aLLeN. DaVe BiNNeY. DReW GReSS. JeFF BaLLaRD SHaPeSHiFTeR, BRooKLYN 15 eLLeRY eSKeLiN. MaRC CoPLaND. DReW GReSS. GeRaLD CLeaVeR NYC 19-28 FReD HeRSCH. DReW GReSS. eRiC MCPHeRSoN 19 BoSToN 20-23 CHiCaGo 24-25 CiNCiNaTTi 27 WaSHiNGToN, DC 28 BaLTiMoRe auG 1 MaRTY eHRLiCH.DReW GReSS.CHeS SMiTH NYC 4 CHRiS DiNGMaN.GeRaLD CLaYToN. DReW GReSS.JuSTiN BRoWN NYC 5 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK.CHRiS SPeeD.THeo BLeCKMaNN. ReD WeiRiNGa.MaTT MoRaN.MaTT MiTCHeLL. DReW GReSS NeWPoRT, RI 10 DaVe aLLeN.DReW GReSS.MaRK FeRBeR NYC 14-18 JoHN aBeRCRoMBIe.Joe LoVaNo. DReW GReSS.aDaM MuSSBauM BiRDLaND, NYC JuL 6 aNGeLiCa SaNCheZ.MaRC DuCReT.ToNY MaLaBY. DReW GReSS.ToM RaiNeY RoTTeRDaM 7-8 RoBiN VeRHeYeN.RaLPH aLeSSi. DReW GReSS.JeFF DaViS 7 RoTTeRDaM 8 GeNT 13 RuSS LoSSiNG. DReW GReSS.eRiC MCPHeRSoN NYC 15 PauL SMoKeR.STeVe SaLeRNo.DReW GReSS. PHiL HaYNeS RoCHESTeR NY 22 BeN MoNDeR. DReW GReSS BLue NoTe, NYC 23-27 SiM iNTeNSiVe-CoRe FaCuLTY MeMBeR NYC 25 RaLPH aLeSSi.TiM BeRNe.KRiS DaViS. DReW GReSS.MaRK FeRBeR NYC 27-28 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK.CHRiS SPeeD.ReD WeiRiNGa. DReW GReSS.MaTT MoRaN BRoOKLYN 28 RaLPH AleSSi.LoReN STiLLMaN.WiLL JeNNiNGS. DReW GReSS.TYSHaWN SoReY BRooKLYN JuN 1 TeL aViV....see just below 8-9 PHiL HaYNeS.HaNK RoBeRTS. JiM YaNDa.DReW GReSS 8 LeWiSBuRG, PA 9 MiLHeiM, PA 14 ReCoRDiNG w/MaRTY eHRLiCH- LaRGe/SMaLL GRouPS 14 BeN. MoNDeR.DReW GReSS.JiM BLaCK SHaPeSHiFTeR BRooKLYN, NY 19 RoBiN VeRHeYeN.RaLPH aLeSSi. DReW GReSS.JeFF DaViS KoRZo BRoOKLYN, NY 27 ToNY MaLaBY.KRiS DaViS. DReW GReSS.FLiN VaN HeMMeN SHaPeSHiFTeR BRooKLYN, NY 29-30 RaLPH aLeSSi.JaSON MoRaN. DReW GReSS.NaSHeeT WaiTS JaZZ GaLLeRY, NYC MaY 9 ToNY MaLaBY.BeN MoNDeR.DReW GReSS. FLiN VaN HeMMeN NYC 11-18 " euRoPe 11 MaLaGa, SPaIN 12 ZuRiCH, SWiTZeRLaND 13 DoRTMuND, GeRMaNY 14 eiNDHoVeN, HoLLaND 16 PaRiS, FRaNCe 17 PRaGue, CZeCH RePuBLiC 18 GeNeVa, SWiTZeRLaND 30-JuN 1 oMeR KLeiN.RaLPH aLeSSi.MaRTY eHRLiCH. DReW GReSS.RoBeRTo DaNi TeL aViV, iSRaeL aPR 6 RaLPH aLeSSi.LoReN STiLLMaN.WiLL JeNNiNGS. DReW GReSS.MaRK FeRBeR NYC 10-11 WoRKSHoP. McDaNieL CoLLeGe WeSTMiNSTeR, MD 10 HaRRY aPPeLMaN.DaVe BaLLou.DReW GReSS. JoN SeLiGMaN WeSTMiNSTeR, MD 11 " WaSHiNGToN, DC 14 RaVi CoLTRaNe.DaViD ViReLLeS.DReW GReSS. NaTe SMiTH HiLLSiDe, NJ 21-23 ReCORDiNG iN MuNiCH w. BiLL CaRRoTHeRS. DRe PaLLeMaeRTS FoR PiRoueT ReCoRDS 24-29 MaRC CoPLaND.JoHN aBeRCRoMBie. DReW GReSS.JoeY BaRoN euRoPe 24 ZuRiCH 25 BaSeL 26 LuGaNo 27 LuSTeNau, auSTRia 28 HeiLBRoNN, GeRMaNY 29 WiTTLiCH, GeRMaNY MaR BiLL CaRRoTHeRS.DReW GReSS.BiLL STeWaRT 1 MaNToVa 2 aNCoNa 3 MaCeRaTa 4 VaSTo 5 BaCoLi 7 iNGRiD LauBRoCK.SHaNe eNDSLeY. MaRY HaLVoRSoN.TeD ReiCHMaN.KRiS DaViS. CHRiS HoFFMaN.DReW GReSS.ToM RaiNeY NYC 10 JoHN aMBRoSiNi.JoSiaH BoRNaZiaN. DReW GReSS.WeS ReiD NYC 12-19 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK.CHRiS SPeeD.MaTT MoRaN. ReD WeiRiNGa.DReW GReSS.THeo BLeCKMaNN euRoPe 12 CoLoGNe, GeRMaNY 14 oDeNSe, DeNMaRK 15 BRuGGe, BeLGiuM 16 NeuBeRG, GeRMaNY 17 BuRGHauSeN, GeRMaNY w. JHLE !!! 18 BaD HoFGaSTeiN, GeRMaNY 19 GRaZ, auSTRIa 27 KeiTH WaTeRS.DaVe LieBMaN.DReW GReSS ToNY MaRTuCCi SouTH oRANGe, NJ 27 DaVe aLLeN.JaLeeL SHaW.DReW GReSS. eJ STRiCKLaND NYC FeB 7-11 DaVe LieBMaN.JoHN aBERCRoMBie.MaRC COPLaND. DReW GReSS.BiLLY HaRT NYC 17 BiLL CaRRoTHeRS.DReW GReSS.DRe PaLLeMaeRTS LeuVeN, BeLGiuM 19-MaR 5 BiLL CaRRoTHeRS.DReW GReSS.BiLL STeWaRT iTaLY 19 Gioia DeL CoLLe 20 RoViGo 22 MaRoSTiCa 23 MoDeNa 24 FeRRaRa 26 MiLaNo 27 PaLeRMo 28 ReGGio CaLaBRia 29 MoDiCa JaN 5-6 RaLPH aLeSSi.JaSoN MoRaN.DReW GReSS. NaSHeeT WaiTS NYC 7 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK.CHRiS SPeeD.ReD WeiRinGa. MaTT MoRaN.DReW GReSS NYC 8 RoBiN VeRHeYeN.DReW GReSS.JeFF DaViS BRooKLYN 12-14 ReCORDiNG w. THeo BLeCKMaNN.FuMio YaSuDa 17-21 FReD HeRSCH.DReW GReSS.eRiC MCPHeRSoN 17, 21 NeW oRleaNS 19 BaToN RouGe 20 LaFaYeTTe, LA 2011 DeC 3-10 iNGRiD LauBRoCK.ToM aRTHuRS.LiaM NoBLe. MaRY HaLVoRSoN.TeD ReiCHMaN.BeN DaViS. DReW GReSS.ToM RaiNeY 3-8 NeDeRSTeTTeN, GeRMaNY 9 KaRLSRuHe 10 ZuRiCH 16-17 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK.MaTT MoRaN.ReD WeiRiNGa. CHRiS SPeeD.DReW GReSS.MaTT MiTCHeLL. KuRT eLLiNG NYC 21 RaLPH aLeSSi.ToNY MaLaBY.aNDY MiLNe. DReW GReSS.MaRK FeRBeR NYC NoV 3 RoBiN VeRHeYeN.RaLPH aLeSSi. DReW GReSS.JeFF DaViS NYC 5 RaLPH aLeSSi.LoReN STiLLMaN. DReW GReSS.MaRK FeRBeR NYC 10-19 RaLPH aLeSSi.ToNY MaLaBY.aNDY MiLNe. DReW GReSS.MaRK FeRBeR GuiMaRaeS, PoRTuGaL 20-22 LuCiaN BaN.BaDaL RoY.ToMY MaLaBY.RaLPH aLeSSi. MaT MaNeRi.aLBReCHT MauReR.MaRK FeRBeR 20 LoNDoN 21 NeWCaSTLe, UK 22 BRuGGeS, BeLGiuM oCT 1-3 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK.CHRiS SPeeD.MaTT MoRaN. TeD ReiCHMaN.DReW GReSS.MaTT MiTCHeLL. THeo BLeCKMaNN 1 HaRRiSoNBuRG, VA 2 RiCHMoND, VA 3 HaRRiSoNBuRG, VA 19-23 JoeL HaRRiSoN.SeaMuS BLaKe.CHRiSTiaN HoWeS. DaNa LeoNG.JaCoB SaCKS.DReW GReSS. DaN WeiSS 19 CHiCaGo 20 HoLLaND, MI 21 DeTRoiT 22 aNN aRBoR 23 CoLuMBuS, OH SeP 7-8 ReCoRDiNG w. JoHN aBeRCRoMBie.Joe LoVaNo. DReW GReSS.JoeY BaRoN 10-19 aNGeLiCa SaNCHeZ.ToNY MaLaBY.MaRC DuCReT. DReW GReSS.ToM RaiNeY 10 JaZZ GaLLeRY NYC 11 PoRTLaND, ME 12 BoWDoiN, ME 13 FaRMiNGToN, ME 14 BoSToN 16 PHiLaDeLPHia 18 WaSHiNGToN, DC 19 ReCoRDiNG iN NYC 17 BiLL CaRRoTHeRS.DReW GReSS.BiLL STeWaRT MoNTeReY, CA 30 JoeL HaRRiSoN GRouP RouLeTTe, BRooKLYN auG 4 MaSTeR CLaSS NYu SuMMeR JaZZ WoRKSHoP NYC 5-7 RaVi CoLTRaNe.LuiS PeRDoMo.DReW GReSS. eJ STRiCKLaND 5 HiGHMouNT, NY 6 BeTHLeHeM, Pa 7 NeWPoRT JaZZ FeSTiVaL 7 aViSHai CoHeN/DReW GReSS/eRiC HaRLaND/ aNaT CoHeN NeWPoRT, Ri 8-12 SiM WoRKSHoP BRooKLYN, NY 10 RaLPH aLeSSi.aNDY MiLNe.DReW GReSS. TYSHaWN SoReY JaZZ GaLLeRY NYC 16 JaMeS CaRNeY/oSCaR NoRieGa/DReW GReSS/ ToM RaiNeY NYC JuL 1 oLiVeR LaKe/DReW GReSS/CHeS SMiTH THe BLue NOTe, NYC 3 PauL SMoKeR/STeVe SaLeRNo/DReW GReSS/PHiL HaYNeS DaVeNPoRT, IA 8 DaVe aLLeN/DReW GReSS/eRiC MCPHeRSoN NYC 15-24 RaVi CoLTRaNe/LuiS PeRDoMo/DReW GReSS/eJ STRiCKLaND euRoPe 15 TouCY, FRaNCe 16 WuPPeRTaL, GeRMaNY 18 BuDaPeST 19 MuNiCH 20 KaSSeL, GeRMaNY 21 JeNa, GeRMaNY 23 MoRaNo CaLaBRo, iTaLY 24 CLuSoNe 26-31 SieNa JaZZ SuMMeR WoRKSHoP iTaLY JuN 4-12 JoSePH TaWaDRoS/JoHN aBeRCRoMBie/ DReW GReSS/JaMeS TaWaDRoS euRoPe 4 aMSTeRDaM 5 ZuRiCH 6 SCHWaZ, auSTRia 7 MuNiCH 9 VieNNa 10 DieRSBaCH, auSTRia 11 BieLeFeLD, GeRMaNY 12 NiJMeGeN, NeTHeRLaNDS 17 RaLPH aLeSSi/JaSoN MoRaN/DReW GReSS/ NaSHeeT WaiTS JaZZ STaNDaRD, NYC 21-25 RaVi CoLTRaNe/LuiS PeRDoMo/DReW GReSS/ eJ STRiCKLaND BiRDLaND, NYC 26 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK'S CLauDia QuiNTeT...PLuS oNe uNDeaD FeST, NYC MaY 7 RoB GaRCia/DaVe LieBMaN/DaN TePFeR/ DReW GReSS NYC 9-13 aRTiST-iN-ReSiDeNCY ToWSoN uNiVeRsiTY, MD 12 eLLeRY eSKeLiN/DReW GReSS 12 CoNCeRT oF CoMPoSiTioNS FoR LaRGe eNSeMBLeS 13 DaVe BaLLou/HaRRY aPPeLMaN/ DReW GReSS/JoN SeLiGMaN 18 DaVe aLLeN/JoHN o"GaLLaGHeR/DReW GReSS/ TeD PooR SMaLL'S, NYC 20-22 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK/CHRiS SPeeD/TeD ReiCHMaN MaTT MoRaN/MaTT MiTCHeLL/THeo BLeCKMaNN/DReW GReSS 20 CaMBRiDGe, MA 21 NYC 22 ReCoRDiNG, BRooKLYN 25 RaLPH aLeSSi/ToNY MaLaBY/aNDY MiLNe/ DReW GReSS/MaRK FeRBeR NYC 27 eLLeRY eSKeLiN/DReW GReSS/GeRaLD CLeaVeR NYC aPRiL 2-9 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK/CHRiS SPeeD/ ReD WeiRiNGa/MaTT MoRaN/MaTT MiTCHeLL/ DReW GReSS EuRoPe 2 CoPeNHaGeN 3 BeRLiN 5-6 GeNeVa 7 LuCeRNe 8 RoTTeRDaM 9 aMSTeRDaM 14-15 RaVi CoLTRaNe/LuiS PeRDoMo/DReW GReSS/ eJ STRiCKLaND 14 FT. WoRTH, TX 15 HaMiLToN, MT 19-23 CHRiS PoTTeR/JaSoN MoRaN/DReW GReSS/ eRiC HaRLaND BeRN, SWiTZeRLaND 28 RaVi CoLTRaNe/LuiS PeRDoMo/DReW GReSS/ eJ STRiCKLaND La CoRuNa, SPaiN MaRCH 3 SaM BaRDFeLD/CuRTiS FoWLKeS/ aNTHoNY CoLeMaN/DReW GReSS BRooKLYN 5 DoN BYRoN/DReW GReSS/BiLLY HaRT THe FaLCoN MaRLBoRo, NY 13 ReCoRDiNG w. RaVi CoLTRaNe 15-26 ToNY MaLaBY/DReW GReSS/JoHN HoLeNBeCK/ ToM RaiNeY euRoPe 15 BoRDeauX 17 ReiMS, FRaNCe 18 STRaSBouRG, FRaNCe 19 HYeReS, FRaNCe 20 GeNeVa 21 VieNNa, auSTia 22 VauLX, FRaNCe 23 PaNTiN, FRaNCe 26 BReST, FRaNCe 29 SaMUeL BLaSeR/RuSS LoSSiNG/ DReW GReSS/GeRaLD CLeaVeR CuLLY, SWiTZeRLaND 31 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK/ReD WeiRiNGa/MaTT MoRaN/ CHRiS SPeeD/MaTT MiTCHeLL/DReW GReSS NYC LiTTLeFieLD'S FeBRuaRY 18-21 RaLPH aLeSSi/ToNY MaLaBY/aNDY MiLNe/ DReW GReSS/MaRK FeRBeR WeSTeRN uSa 18 ReNo 19 PoRTLaND 20 SaLeM 21 euGeNe 23 7 BLaCK BuTTeRFLieS @ THe JaZZ STaNDaRD !!! DReW GReSS/TiM BeRNe/RaLPH aLeSSi/ CRaiG TaBoRN/ToM RaiNeY 26 " iBeaM, BRooKLYN 28-MaR 1 7BB ReCoRDiNG iN BRooKLYN JaN 4 DaVe aLLeN/JoHN o"GaLLaGHeR/DReW GReSS/ ToM RaiNeY CoRNeLia ST. CaFe, NYC 7 7 BLACK BuTTERFLIES ReTuRNS!!! DReW GReSS/TiM BeRNe/RaLPH aLeSSi/ CRaiG TaBoRN/ToM RaiNeY THe SToNe, NYC 8PM (TiM BeRNe/MaTT MiTCHeLL @ 10!) RaVi CoLTRaNe/LuiS PeRDoMo/DReW GReSS/ eJ STRiCKLaND CiTY WiNeRY, NYC 9 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK/CHRiS SPeeD/TeD ReiCHMaN/ MaTT MoRaN/DReW GReSS THe SToNe, NYC 10 RaVi CoLTRaNe 4 THe BLue NoTe, NYC 20-26 STeVe LeHMaN oCTeT-euRoPe 20 LoNDoN 21 BiRMiNGHaM 22 PaRiS 23 aMSTeRDaM 24 PRaTo, iTaLY 25 PoRTo 26 LiSBoN 27-30 JoHN aBERCRoMBie/GReG oSBY/DReW GReSS/ BiLLY HaRT JaZZ STaNDaRD, NYC 2010 DeC 1-12 RaVi CoLTRaNe/LuiS PeRDoMo/DReW GReSS/eJ STRiCKLaND uSa TouR 1-2 aLBuQueRQue 3-5 oaKLaND 6-7 MiNNeaPoLiS 9-12 CHiCaGo NoV 5 RaLPH aLeSSi/LoReN STiLLMaN/WiLL JeNNiNGS/DReW GReSS/MaRK FeRBeR CoRNeLia ST. 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NY 11 RaLPH aLeSSi.JaSoN MoRaN.DReW GReSS. NaSHeeT WaiTS JaZZ STaNDaRD, NYC 18 aNDY BiSKiN.MaTT MoRaN.BRiaN DRYe.DReW GReSS BRooKLYN 26-28 RaVi CoLTRaNe.LuiS PeRDoMo.DReW GReSS.eJ STRiCKLaND JoHaNNeSBuRG, SouTH aFRiCa JuL 10 STeVe LeHMaN.JoNaTHaN FiNLaYSoN.MaRK SHiM.TiM aLBRiGHT. JoSe DaViLa.CHriS DiNGMaN.DReW GReSS.DaMioN ReiD NoRTH Sea FeSTiVaL RoTTeRDaM 16-24 CoNTaCT:DaVe LieBMaN.JoHN aBERCRoMBie.MaRC CoPLaND. DReW GReSS.BiLLY HaRT 16 PoRQueRoLLeS FRaNCe 18 PaLeRMo 24 PoRTo PoRTuGaL 20-23 iN ReSiDeNCe SieNa iTaLY 26-31 " JuN 1-5 RaVi CoLTRaNe.DaViD GiLMoRe.DReW GReSS.eJ STRiCKLaND BaNFF 12 RaLPH aLeSSi.ToNY MaLaBY.aNDY MiLNe.DReW GReSS.MaRK FeRBeR KeNNyY'S CaSTaWaYS NYC 13 CHRiS SPeeD.oSCaR NoRieGa.DReW GReSS.JiM BLaCK KeNNyY'S CaSTaWaYS NYC 14 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK.CHRiS SPeeD.MaTT MoRaN.TeD ReiCHMaN. 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DReW GReSS.GaRY VeRSaCe PHiLaDeLPHia 6 " ToWSoN, MD 12 ToNY MaLaBY.DReW GReSS.ToM RaiNeY.JoHN HoLLeNBeCK NYC 13 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK.CHRiS SPeeD.TeD ReiCHMaN.MaTT MoRaN. DReW GReSS.GaRY VeRSaCe NYC 19 WoLTeR WeiRBoS.SiMoN NaBaToV.DReW GReSS.ToM RaiNeY aMSTeRDaM NoVeMBeR 1 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK.CHRiS SPeeD.MaTT MoRaN.TeD ReiCHMaN. GaRY VeRSaCe.DReW GReSS SeaTTLe 4 TiMuCiN SaHiN.JoHN o"GaLLaGHeR.DReW GReSS.TYSHaWN SoReY CoRNeLia ST. CaFe NYC 6 JoHN aBeRCRoMBie.MaRK FeLDMaN.DReW GReSS.aNTHoNY PiNCioTTi SeaTTLe 8 " SaN FRaNCisCo 11 RoB GaRCia.NoaH PReMiNGeR.DaN TePFeR.DReW GReSS CoRNeLia ST. CaFe NYC 13 DaVe aLLeN.JoHN o'GaLLaGHeR.DReW GReSS.ToM RaiNeY NuBLu NYC 14 aRuaN oRTiZ.DaViD GiLMoRe.DReW GReSS.eRiC MCPHeRSoN CoRNeLia ST. 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DReW GReSS JaZZ GaLLeRY, NYC 15-20 RaVi CoLTRaNe.LuiS PeRDoMo.DReW GReSS.eJ STRiCKLaND ViLLaGe VaNGuaRD, NYC 22 JoSH RoSeMaN.DReW GReSS.MaRK GuiLiaNa BRooKLYN, NY AuGuST 2 DaVe aLLeN.DoNNy McCaSLiN.DReW GReSS.aDaM CRuZ BRooKLYN, NY 3-7 CiM SuMMeR iNTeNSiVe LoNG iSLaND uNiVeRSiTY 4 JoHaNNeS LaueR.ToNY MaLaBY.DReW GReSS.TYSHaWN SoReY THe SToNe, NYC 5 RaLPH aLeSSi.aNDY MiLNe.DReW GReSS.GeRaLD CLeaVeR JaZZ GaLLeRY, NYC 16-17 ReCoRDiNG.LuiS PeRDoMo.DReW GReSS.JaCK DeJoHNeTTe 26 7 BLaCK BuTTeRFLieS DReW GReSS.TiM BeRNe.SHaNe eNDSLeY.CRaiG TaBoRN.ToM RaiNeY NeW ToRK PuBLiC LiBRaRY, NYC 27-29 JoHN SuRMaN.JoHN aBeRCRoMBie.DReW GReSS.JaCK DeJoHNeTTe BLueS aLLeY, WaSHiNGToN,DC JuLY 4 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK.CHRiS SPeeD.TeD ReiCHMaN.MaTT MoRaN.DReW GReSS SaLZau, GeRMaNY 8-11 TiM HaGaNS, JoHN aBeRCRoMBie, MaRC CoPLaND, DReW GReSS, BiLL STeWaRT BiRDLaND, NYC 13 JoHN aBeRCoMBie, MaRC CoPLaND, DReW GReSS, BiLLY HaRT HaLiFaX 18 FReD HeRSCH, DReW GReSS, RiCHiE BaRSHaY HaLiFaX 21-24 BRaD SHePiK, RaLPH aLeSSi, MaTT MiTCHeLL, DReW GReSS, ToM RaiNeY euRoPe 21-22 LaNGNau, SWiTZeRLaND 23-24 ReuTLiNGeN, GeRMaNY 26-31 SieNa, iTaLY SuMMeR JaZZ WoRKSHoPS JuNe 3-7 aNGeLICa SaNCHeZ.ToNY MaLaBY.MaRC DuCReT.DReW GReSS.ToM RaiNeY uSa TouR 3-4 CHiCaGo 5 DeTRoiT 6 BaLTiMoRe 7 TeaNeCK, NJ 8 STeVe LeHMaN oCTeT-PoiSSoN RouGe, NYC 10 MaSTeR CLaSS-iNTeRNaTioNaL SoCieTY oF BaSSiSTS CoNFeReNCe STaTe CoLLeGe, PA 11 SaNCHeZ.MaLaBY.DuCReT.GReSS.RaiNeY JaZZ GaLLeRY, NYC 12 DaVe aLLeN.SeaMuS BLaKe.DReW GReSS.TeD PooR PHiLaDeLPHia 17-20 SieNa, iTaLY JaZZ MaSTeRCLaSSeS 29 ToNY MaLaBY.DReW GReSS.ToM RaiNeY.JoHN HoLLeNBeCK NYC MaY 1-2 MaRC CoPLaND.DReW GReSS.BiLL STeWaRT PaRiS 6-9 SieNa, iTaLY JaZZ MaSTeRCLaSSeS 14 JaNiS SieGeL/eDSeL GoMeZ.DReW GReSS.STeVe HaaS KeNNeDY CeNTeR WaSHiNGToN DC 17 " Joe'S PuB NYC 19 MiNNeaPoLiS aPRiL 1-10 aRuaN oRTiZ/MYRoN WaLDeN/DReW GReSS/eRiC MCPHeRSoN iTaLY 1 MaRoSTiCa 3 CHioGGia 4 FeRRaRa 5 aCQuaViVe DeLLe FoNTi 7 PaLeRMo 8 CaTaNZaRo 9 CaMPoBaSSo 10 RoMa 18 DaVe BaLLou/DReW GReSS/HaRRiS eiSeNSTaDT NYC THe SToNe 24-MaY 2 MaRC CoPLaND/DReW GReSS/BiLL STeWaRT 24 WiTTLiCH 25 KuNZeLSau 26 GeNeVa 28-29 BeRLiN 30 PaRiS MaRCH 7 BLaCK BuTTeRFLieS iN euRoPe 1 TuBiNGeN, GeRMaNY 3 CaeN, FRaNCe 5 KaToWiCe, PoLaND 12 uRi CaiNe/DReW GReSS/BeN PeRoWSKY euReKa, CA 16-17 LoS aNGeLeS JaZZ BaKeRY 20-21 JoHN HoLLeNBeCK/CHRiS SPeeD/MaTT MoRaN/GaRY VeRSaCe/ DReW GReSS NYC CoRNeLIa STReeT CaFe 25 STeVe RuDoLPH/DReW GReSS/PHiL HaYNeS LeWiSBuRG, PA 27 HaRRiSBuRG, PA 28 BRaD SHePiK/RaLPH aLeSSi/MaTT MiTCHeLL/DReW GReSS/ToM RaiNeY NYC CoRNeLia ST. CaFe FeBRuaRY 4 Ralph Alessi/Tony Malaby/Andy Milne/Drew Gress/Mark Ferber Lewisburg, PA 9-13 Artist-in-Residence Towson University, MD 11 Duo concert w/Dave Ballou Towson, MD 19 Bill Carrothers/Drew Gress/Bill Stewart West Chester, PA 20 7 BLACK BUTTERFLIES @ The JaZZ GaLLeRY NYC with TiM BeRNe/RaLPH aLeSSi/CRaiG TaBoRN/DReW GReSS/ToM RaiNeY 22-MaR 5 7 BLaCK BuTTeRFLieS iN euRoPe 22 ViCCHio, iTaLY 23 BoLZaNo, iTaLY 24 SCHWaZ, auSTRia 25 aMSTeTDaM, HoLLaND 26-27 PaRiS 28 SiNGeN, GeRMaNY JaNuaRY 6 Uncle June-Gerald Cleaver/Mat Maneri/Tony Malaby/Craig Taborn/ Drew Gress The Stone, NYC 16-26 Bill Carrothers/Drew Gress/Bill Stewart Italy/Munich 16 Cesenatico 17 Ferrara 18 Siena 20 Salerno 21 Foggia 22 Aquavive Delle Fonti 23 Porto San Elpidio 25-26 Recording in Munich 28-31 Dave Liebman/Randy Brecker/Marc Copland/Drew Gress/Billy Hart Birdland, NYC 2008 DEC 1-7 Ralph Alessi/Tony Malaby/Andy Milne/Drew Gress/Mark Ferber The West 1 Novato, CA 3-4 Reno 5 Edmonton 6 La Jolla, CA 7 Los Angeles 14 Jane Ira Bloom/Fred Hersch/Drew Gress NYC 14 Dave Allen/Mark Shim/Drew Gress/Ted Poor 55 Bar, NYC 19-20 Steve Lehman Octet Project Jazz Gallery NYC NOV 1 Ravi Coltrane/Luis Perdomo/Drew Gress/EJ Strickland San Francisco 3 Dave Allen/Mark Turner/Drew Gress/Ted Poor 55 Bar, NYC 6-16 John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet Southwest USA/Europe 6 Albuquerque 7 Lubbock, Texas 8 Austin 10 Heidelberg, Germany 11 Nevers, France 12 Brest, France 14 Zagreb 16 Katowice, Poland 18-23 Ravi Coltrane/Luis Perdomo/Drew Gress/EJ Strickland Village Vanguard, NYC 25 DREW GRESS' JAGGED SKY !!!!! Drew Gress/Dave Binney/Ben Monder/Kenny Wollesen The Knitting Factory, NYC 29 Brad Shepik/Ralph Alessi/Matt Mitchell/Drew Gress/Tom Rainey Teaneck, NJ OCT 2-13 John Hollenbeck/Chris Speed/Matt Moran/Ted Reichman/ Drew Gress Europe 2 Leipzig 3 Tilburg, Holland 4 Amsterdam 5 Cologne, Germany 6 Eindhoven, Holland 7 Dortmund, Germany 9 Offenbeurg, " 10 Viersen, " 11-12 Berlin 13 Cottbus 15 Marc Copland/Drew Gress/Jochen Rueckert Paris 16-23 Misja Michel/Ravi Coltrane/Drew Gress/Jochen Rueckert France 16 Paris 17 Les Mureaux 18 St. Etienne 19 Agen 20 Bourdeaux 21 Clermont-Ferrand 22 Brest 28-NOV 1 Ravi Coltrane/Luis Perdomo/Drew Gress/EJ Strickland Western USA 28 San Diego 29 Golden, Colorado 30 Seattle SEP 10 Ravi Coltrane/Luis Perdomo/Drew Gress/EJ Strickland Colmar, France 19 Uri Caine/Drew Gress/Jonathan Blake Iridium NYC 26 John Hollenbeck/Chris Speed/Ted Reichman/Matt Moran/ Drew Gress Barbes, Brooklyn 27 " Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC AUG 1 SIM Workshop w/ Ralph Alessi/Tim Berne/Matt Mitchell/ Tom Rainey 3 SOLO CONCERT @ THE STONE, NYC 10 PM set.....Devin Hoff @ 8PM 10-16 SIM in Norway Ralph Alessi/Ravi Coltrane/Andy Milne/Drew Gress/ Mark Ferber Oslo 27 Timucin Sahin/John O'Gallagher/Drew Gress/Tyshawn Sorey DROM, NYC JUL 1-6 Uri Caine/Drew Gress/Ben Perowsky Village Vanguard, NYC 22 Dave Allen/Drew Gress/Nasheet Waits 55 Bar, NYC 28, 30 SIM Workshop w/ Ralph Alessi/Tim Berne/Matt Mitchell/ Tom Rainey 31 Dave Allen/Drew Gress/Ted Poor Tea Lounge, NYC JUN 2 Ravi Coltrane/Luis Perdomo/Drew Gress/EJ Strickland Le Frac Theatre, NYC 8-9 Recording w/Marc Copland/Bill Stewart 10-11 Brad Shepik/Ralph Alessi/Gary Versace/Drew Gress/ Tom Rainey 55 Bar NYC 14-15 Recording w/Brad Shepik 20-21 Ravi Coltrane/Luis Perdomo/Drew Gress/EJ Strickland 20 Winnipeg 21 St. Paul, MN 23-27 SIM w/ Kneebody-Shane Ensdley/Adam Benjamin/ Ben Wendell/Josh Roseman/Nate Wood/Drew Gress 26 " @ Living Theatre, NYC 27 55 Bar, NYC MAY 2-10 Ralph Alessi/Ravi Coltrane/Andy Milne/Drew Gress/Mark Ferber Europe 2 Cesenatico, Italy 4 Cheltenham, England 5 Paris 6 Zurich 7 Bologna 8 Vicenza 10 Rotterdam 14 Brad Shepik/Drew Gress/Mark Ferber Knitting Factory NYC 16 Ralph Alessi/Ravi Coltrane/Andy Milne/Drew Gress/ Mark Ferber Firehouse 12 New Haven, Connecticut 22 Dave Allen/Ralph Alessi/Drew Gress/Tom Rainey 55 Bar NYC APR 2 Live Radio Performance @ WBGO, to be posted and streamed on www.npr.org, as well 3-11 John Hollenbeck/Chris Speed/Ted Reichman/ Matt Moran/Drew Gress 3 Denver 4 Boulder 5 Santa Fe 7 Arlington, TX 8 Denton, TX 9 Austin 10 Phoenix 11 San Diego 12 " The Stone, NYC 14 Dick Sisto/Drew Gress Queens College, NYC 15 SOLO master class @ DAVID GAGE STRING INSTRUMENT REPAIR, NYC 36 Walker Street (2 blocks south of Canal St. between Broadway and Church) 7:15PM 212.274.1322 for details. www.davidgage.com Afterward, you'll be able to purchase and download video of the class from www.mikesmasterclasses.com "Bottomlands Architecture: Introducing Shape and Range to the Bassline Without Sacrificing Sound" 20 Dave Allen/Mark Turner/Drew Gress/Jeff Ballard 55 Bar, NYC 23 Ralph Alessi/Ravi Coltrane/Andy Milne/Drew Gress/ Mark Ferber Jazz Gallery, NYC 26-30 " Europe 26 Napoli 27 Palermo 28 Reggio Calabria 29 Salerno 30 Roma MAR 1-8 RAvi Coltrane/Luis Perdomo/Drew Gress/EJ Strickland USA Tour 1 St. Louis 2 Scottsdale, AZ 5 Okoboji, IA 6 Minneapolis 7 Indianapolis 8 Fayetteville, AK 10 Uri Caine's Mozart Project Firenze, Italy 15-19 John Hollenbeck/Chris Speed/Ted Reichman/Matt Moran/ Drew Gress Europe 15 Bergamo, Italy 19 Copenhagen 20 Ravi Coltrane/Luis Perdomo/Drew Gress/EJ Strickland Detroit 22 Fred Hersch/Drew Gress/Nasheet Waits Princeton, NJ 26 7 BLACK BUTTERFLIES RECORD RELEASE CONCERT for THE IRRATIONAL NUMBERS @ The Jazz Standard w/ Tim Berne/Ralph Alessi/Craig Taborn/Drew Gress/ Tom Rainey 27 " The Chicago Cultural Center 28 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (double bill w/ David Torn's Presenz) FEB 5 Ellery Eskelin/Herb Robertson/Drew Gress/Phil Haynes Milheim, PA 6 Lewisburg, PA 8 Ravi Coltrane/Luis Perdomo/Drew Gress/EJ Strickland Pleasanton, CA 9 Houston, TX 12-13 Yoonchan Kwak/Drew Gress/Nasheet Waits Seoul, Korea 14 Gimhae, Korea 15 Seoul 21 John Hollenbeck/Chris Speed/Ted Reichman/Matt Moran/ Drew Gress Symphony Space, NYC 23-26 Uri Caine/Drew Gress/Ben Perowsky ITALY 23 Terni 24 Roma 25 Napoli 26 Udine 27-29 Ravi Coltrane/Luis Perdomo/Drew Gress/EJ STrickland St. Louis 2008 JAN 7 Dave Allen/Mark Turner/Drew Gress/Jeff Ballard 55 Bar, NYC 11 Bruce Eisenbeil/Tom Hamilton/Drew Gress/Andrew Drury NYC 17 Ravi Coltrane/Luis Perdomo/Drew Gress/EJ Strickland Santiago, Chile 28 Uri Caine's Mahler Project Joe's Pub, NYC 2007 DEC Ravi Coltrane/Luis Perdomo/Drew Gress/EJ STrickland 5-9 New Zealand 5 Auckland 7 Wellington 8 Christchurch 9 Dunedin 12-19 Angelica Sancez/Tony Malaby/Marc Ducret/Drew Gress/Tom Rainey Northeast USA Tour 12 Barbes Brooklyn, NY 13 SIM Space Brooklyn, NY 14 Firehouse 12 New Haven, CT 16 Cornelia St Cafe NYC, NY 17 International House Philadelphia, PA 19 The Stone NYC, NY 22 Tony Malaby/Drew Gress/Tom Rainey/John Hollenbeck Cornelia Street Cafe NYC NOV 1-11 Ravi Coltrane/Luis Perdomo/Drew Gress/EJ Strickland 1 Tubingen, Germany 2 Neuberg, Germany 3 Istanbul 6 Paris 7 Katowice, Poland 9 Guimaraes. Portugal 11 Amsterdam 23-25 Uri Caine-Mozart and Wagner Projects Barcelona OCT 1-7 7 BLACK BUTTERFLIES TOUR 1 PARIS 2 SCHILTIGHEIM, FRANCE 3 KOLN 4 ANTWERP, BELGIUM 5 BREST, FRANCE 6 WINTERTHUR, SWITZERLAND 7 GENEVA 11-20 Mark Feldman/Huw Warren/Drew Gress/Tom Rainey 11 Singen, Germany 12 Munich 13 Vienna 14 Liebnitz, Austria 15 Amsterdam 16 London 18 Rivoli, Italy 19 Saarbrucken, Germany 20 Ulm, Germany OCT 27-31 Ravi Coltrane/Luis Perdomo/Drew Gress/EJ Strickland Europe 27 Cormons, Italy 28 Belgrade, Serbia 29 Koln 31 Salzburg, Austria SEP 2007 26 7 BLACK BUTTERFLIES (GRESS/BERNE/ALESSI/TABORN/RAINEY) CIM Brooklyn, NY 27 Herb Robertson/Dave Ballou/Drew Gress/Tom Rainey Barbes Brooklyn, NY SEP 29- 7 BLACK BUTTERFLIES EUROPEAN TOUR OCT 7 (GRESS/BERNE/ALESSI/TABORN/RAINEY) SEP 29 OEIRAS, PORTUGAL 30 LEIRIA, PORTUGAL &discography=As a Leader: The Irrational Numbers (Premonition) will be released publicly in January 2008. You can get it here right now! Featuring Ralph Alessi, Tim Berne, Craig Taborn, and Tom Rainey Buy Now! 7 Black Butterflies (Premonition) w/Ralph Alessi, Tim Berne, Craig Taborn, and Tom Rainey Buy Now! Spin %26 Drift (Premonition) w/Tim Berne, Uri Caine and Tom Rainey Buy Now! Jagged Sky - Heyday (Soul Note) w/Dave Binney, Ben Monder and Kenny Wollesen Buy Now! As co-leader: Joint Venture Joint Venture (Enja) Ways (Enja) Mirrors (Enja) With: JoHN aBeRCRoMBie WiTHiN a SoNG (eCM) 39 STePS (eCM) uP aND CoMiNG (eCM) Ralph Alessi This Against That (RKM) Look (Between The Lines) CoGNiTiVe DiSSoNaNCe (CaMJaZZ) WiRY STRoNG (CLeaN FeeD) BaiDa (eCM) QuiVeR (eCM) Dave Allen Real and Imagined (Fresh Sound) Ray Anderson Big Band Record (Gramavision) Lynne Arriale When You Listen (DMP) With Words Unspoken (DMP) Jon Ballantyne The Loose (Just In Time) Trio Live (NY Jam) Known/Unknown (NY Jam) Sam Bardfeld Cabale Fatale-Taxidermy (CIMP) Jamie Baum Sight Unheard (GM) Moving Forward, Standing Still (Omnitone) Tim Berne Paraphrase-Visitation Rites (Screwgun) Please Advise (Screwgun) Pre-emptive Denial (Screwgun) Andy Biskin Trio Tragico (Strudelmania) SaMueL BLaSeR a MiRRoR To MaCHauT (Songlines) SPRiNG RaiN (WHiRLWiND) Don Byron Romance With The Unseen (BlueNote) As Long As You Know YouÕre Living Yours- The Music of Keith Jarrett (RCA) Uri Caine Wagner E Venezia (Winter %26 Winter) The Goldberg Variations (Winter %26 Winter) Live At The Village Vanguard (Winter %26 Winter) Uri Caine Plays Mozart (Winter %26 Winter) Bill Carrothers Armisitice 1918 (Sketch) JoY SPRiNG (PiRoueT) CaSTaWaYS (PiRoueT) GeRaLD CLeaVeR Be iT aS i See iT (FReSH SouND) Steve Coleman Lucidarium (Label Bleu) George Colligan Stomping Ground (SteepleChase) Unresolved (Fresh Sound) Ultimatum (Criss Cross) Ravi Coltrane In Flux (Savoy Jazz) Blending Times (Savoy Jazz) SPiRiT FiCTioN (BLue NoTe) CoNTaCT FiVe oN oNe (Pirouet) Marc Copland At Night (MRI) Second Look (Savoy Jazz) Haunted Heart and Other Ballads (HatArt) Marc Copland and...(HatArt) Some Love Songs (Pirouet) Another Place (Pirouet) Night Whispers (Pirouet) SoMe MoRe LoVe SoNGS (PiRoueT) ZeNiTH (iNNeR VoiCe) BeTTeR BY FaR (iNNeR VoiCe) Biagio Coppa Anastomosi (abeat) SYLVie CouRVoiSieR DouBLe WiNDSoR (TZaDiK) Steve Davis Songs We Know (DMP) The Quality of Silence (DMP) Dave Douglas Five (Soul Note) Convergence (Soul Note) Witness (RCA) Marty Ehrlich a TRuMPeT iN THe MoRNiNG (NeW WoRLD) Ehran Elisha The Lowdown (CIMP) James Emery Luminous Cycles (Between The Lines) Fourth World (Between The Lines) Ellery Eskelin Setting The Standard (Cadence) Forms (Open Minds) Antonio Farao Thorn (Enja) Allen Farnham Fifth House (Concord) Play-cation (Concord) The Common Thread (Concord) Erik Friedlander Chimera (Avant ) The Watchman (Tzadik) Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach (Tzadik) JeFF GaRDNeR THe MuSiC oF CHaNCe (aXoLoTL) CLaY GiBeRSoN PaSTuReS (oRiGiN) Edsel Gomez Cubist Music (Zoho) BaRRY GReeN aLMoST THeRe (MoLeToNe) Sunna Gunnlaugs Fagra Verold (Sunny Sky) Mindful (Sunny Sky) Tim Hagans Beautiful Lily (Pirouet) Alone Together (Pirouet) Phil Haynes Continuum: The Passing (Owl Time Line) Free Country (Premonition) PHiL HaYNeS and SHeNaNDoaH (MaiSBERGeR) FRee CouNTRY THe WaY THe WeST WaS WoN (MaiSBeRGeR) Steve Herberman Action: Reaction (Reach Music) Fred Hersch Dancing In The Dark (Chesky) The Fred Hersch Trio Plays... (Chesky) Last Night When We Were Young (Classical Action) Point In Time (Enja) Passion Flower (Nonesuch) Fred Hersch %26 Friends-The Duo Album (Classical Action) Songs Without Words (Nonesuch) Live At The Village Vanguard (Palmetto) Trio + 2 (Palmetto) Leaves of Grass (Palmetto) Night and the Music (Palmetto) Personal Favorites (Chesky) John Hollenbeck The alt.coffee Tapes (Katadin) The Claudia Quintet (CRI) I, Claudia (Cuneiform) Semi-Formal (Cuneiform) For (Cuneiform) Rainbow Jimmies (GPE) RoYaL ToaST (Cuneiform) WHaT iS THe BeauTiFuL? (Cuneiform) SePTeMBeR (Cuneiform) SuPeR PeTiTe (CuNeiFoRM) Owen Howard Pentagon (KochJazz) RaNDY iNGRaM THe WaNDeRiNG (SuNNYSiDe) KJeTiL JeRVe NeW YoRk iMPRoViSaTioNS (DuGNaD) David Kane March Heir (Magellan) Grey Matters (Magellan) Machinery of the Night (Magellan) Taiichi Kamimura Out of My Throat (ewe) Fumio Karashima Great Time (VideoArts) Gary Keller Blues For An Old New Age (DoubleTime) Franklin Kiermyer In The House Of My Fathers (Konnex) SolomonÕs Daughter (Evidence) Kairos (Evidence) Yoonchan Kwak Yellowhale (EMI) Andy Laster Hippo Stomp (Sound Aspects) Twirler (Sound Aspects) Polyogue (Songlines) Soft Shell (Knitting Factory Works) iNGRiD LauBRoCK ZuRiCH CoNCeRT (iNTaKT) Olivier LeGoas Gravitations (Altrisuoni) Steve Lehman Artificial Light (Fresh Sound) On Meaning (Pi) Travail, Transformation, and Flow (Pi) MiSe eN aBiMe (Pi) SeLeBeYoNe (Pi) Tony Malaby Apparitions (Songlines) Adobe (FreeLance) VoLaDoReS (CLeaN FeeD) Luigi Martinale Sweet Marta (Black Saint) Le Sue aLi (aLBoRe) Tony Martucci Earth Tones (Sound Judgement) Collage (Sound Judgement) Barney McAll Flashbacks Ben Monder Flux (Songlines) Randy McKean So Dig This Big Crux (Rastascan) Michael Musillami Fragile Forms (Playscape) Simon Nabatov Three Stories, One End (ACT) Ed Neumeister Reflection (ArtistShare) Liam Noble Romance Among the Fishes (Basho) DJ Olive Bodega (The Agriculture) HaNS oTTSeN NaViGaTioN [DeeP DiG] LuiS PeRDoMo uNiVeRSaL MiND (RKM) Ben Perowsky Camp Songs (Tzadik) eSoPuS oPuS (SKiRL) Mika Pohjola BaLL PLaY ToM RaiNeY oBBLiGaTo (iNTAKT) HeRB RoBeRTSoN/DaVe BaLLou eaCH PaRT a WHoLe (RuBY FLoWeR) JaSoN RoBiNSoN THe Two FaCeS oF JaNuS (CuNeiFoRM) TiReSiaN SYMMeTRY (CuNeiFoRM) STeVe RuDoLPH DaYDReaM (Pa-CT) SaMo SaLaMoN aLMoST aLMoND (SaNJe) Angelica Sanchez Life Between (Clean Feed) WiReS and MoSS (Clean Feed) Ken Schaphorst Purple (Naxos Jazz) Steve Schmidt Red And Orange (Cliftone) Brad Shepik Human Activity Suite (Songlines) Mark Shim Turbulent Flow (Blue Note) Janis Siegel The Tender Trap (Monarch) Judi Silvano Vocalise (BlueNote) Dick Sisto End Of Time (EarX-tacy) Kristjana Stefansdottir Me For You (Dimma) Peggy Stern The Fuschia (Koch) Loren Stillman Blind Date (Pirouet) Paul Sundfor Nascency (Nine Winds) JoHN SuRMaN BReWSTeR'S RooSTeR (eCM) Fernando Tarres The Outsider (Savant) Gebhard Ullmann Basement Research (Soul Note) Kreuzberg Park East (Soul Note) Basement Research-Live in Munster (WDR) Dawn Upshaw Sings Rodgers %26 Hart (Nonesuch) Tom Varner Martian Heartache (Soul Note) RoBiN VeRHeYeN a LooK BeYoND [CaP-VeRT iLLuMiNaTioNS] [CHaLLeNGe] Walt Weiskopf Night Lights (Double Time) Kenny Werner Beauty Secrets (BMG France) JiM YaNDa ReRioNaL CooKiN' [C&P] FuMio YaSuDa/THeo BLeCKMaNN MoTHeR GooSe'S MeLoDieS [WiNTeR and WiNTeR] Tim Ziesmer Transmission Ampersand &biography=Born: Yardley, Pennsylvania USA 1959 Bassist/composer Drew Gress performs extensively with artists on the cutting edge of contemporary improvised music. His latest project-The Irrational Numbers (Premonition), features DrewÕs original compositions for quintet. Earlier releases include the critically-acclaimed 7 Black Butterflies (2005), Spin %26 Drift (2001), and Heyday (1997). Future projects include a new quintet project, a solo bass recording, and an electronics projectÉsoon to be unveiled. Drew can also be heard within the ensembles of John Abercrombie, Ralph Alessi, Tim Berne, Don Byron, Uri Caine, Bill Carrothers, Ravi Coltrane, Marc Copland, Mark Feldman, Fred Hersch, John Hollenbeck, Tony Malaby, and John Surman. (In an altogether previous musical life, he grounded the performances of Buddy Hackett, Phyllis Diller, Zoot Sims, Cab Calloway, and Pia Zadora). Drew has toured North and South America, Europe, and Asia, and has served as Artist-in-Residence at St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia and at the Paris Conservatoire. He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer, and Chamber Music America, and currently resides in New York. Drew is an endorsing artist for Thomastik Strings. &press=Reviews of The Irrational Numbers: "Gress not only has one of the most resoundingly deep tones and consummate feels of any upright bassist currently playing modern jazz (which explains why he's in such demand), he is also one of the more accomplished composers on the scene. As a follow-up to his critically acclaimed 7 Black Butterflies from 2005, Gress returns with the same core group of alto saxophonist Tim Berne, trumpeter Ralph Alessi, pianist Craig Taborn and longtime rhythm tandem partner Tom Rainey on drums. Together they demonstrate remarkable chemistry in exercising their uncanny inside-outside aesthetic on energetic long-form pieces like Chevelle and Neopolitan, both of which strike an organic balance between disciplined playing and wide-open abandon by these great improvisers. Gress' relaxed yet commanding sense of counterpoint on the affecting Fauxjobim is a thing of beauty, while the brief opener, Bellwether" and the unaccompanied bass piece, Mas Relief are perfect examples of the sheer power he conveys in each note he plays.... Another startlingly original outing by this extraordinary working band." -Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times "Relentlessly creative." -Nate Chinen, New York Times "Music as witty, well-crafted, and passionate as Gress' is all too rare and should be a cause for celebration.....The Irrational Numbers is yet another slendid album from Gress. Maybe this is the one that will garner the praise he's due." -Ed Hazell, Jazziz Magazine "Incomparable." -UK Jazz Mann "Agressively innovative.....beautiful" -Time Out/Chicago "Drew Gress is a hip bass player, not out to dazzle with technique, although he could if he wanted, but choosing instead to let a dark oaky tone and deliciously precise phrasing do the talking. As a composer, Gress is hipper still, taking his quintet into gritty, risk-taking territory with this intelligent, lyrical recording."-JazzWise Magazine, UK "Chevelle has jazz calssic written all over it." -Boston Herald "A ferocious alter-ego emerges when Gress is a leader, producing some of he most dynamically forward music in the current environment...The nature of this music is even more atmospheric and enigmatic than its predecessor, Butterflies.....Beautiful, surrealistic and haunting." -Mark Turner, All About Jazz "The best new recording of the year."-Donald Elfman re. 7 Black Butterflies: "One of today's premier bassist/composers, Gress has profoundly enhanced numerous recordings by Uri Caine, Don Byron, and Ravi Coltrane with his distinctive sound, dynamic playing, and writing abilities. But his most revealing work has been on his own recordings, of which 7 Black Butterflies is simply a cut above in terms of vision, creative energy, and sheer musicality. This followup to 2001's Spin and Drift continues to challenge and yield deep rewards with music that is beyond the norm and thoroughly engaging....Wondrous, strange, bold, and beautiful are all synonymous of 7 Black Butterflies, one of this year's most interesting releases." -Mark F. Turner, All About Jazz "Gress' compositional voice has grown stronger, more distinctive, and appealingly weirder. The band's unity of purpose (and chops) are jaw-dropping. There are nine compositions here that are equally original, equally startling. Gress' last Premonition release, 2001's Spin and Drift, was one of the best releases of that year. Somehow, he's topped himself with 7 Black Butterflies." - John Chacona, Signal To Noise "Drew Gress throws his contender for your's best in with 7 Black Butterflies, a crackling collection uniting a stellar cast who live up to their reputations....between nasty multi-time grooves and satisfying reveries, 7 Black Butterflies convincingly applies for a long-term residency in your CD player." -Rex Butters, All About Jazz "Anyone losing sleep over whether jazz is going anywhere these days should listen to this superb American quintet, in which Berne and Gress were joined by rising young pianist Craig Taborn, trumpet phenom Ralph Alessi, and drummer Tom Rainey, a virtuoso accompanist who maintains irresistible free-bop grooves without ever seeming to play the same pattern twice. Together the band provide dazzling reassurances, as they play characteristic jazz phrasing but twist the tradition into uniquely contemporary shapes." - John Fordham, The Guardian, UK "As open-minded as he is virtuosic...."-NPR "Spin %26 Drift furthers his investigations of new possibilities in meticulous, organic group form. As a leader, Gress employs a superbly articulate bassist (himself), but his primary interest is composition and arrangement and collective concept." - Thomas Conrad, Downbeat Magazine "Spin %26 Drift cannot be described as either hard-bop-derived or avant-garde experimentation... the session absorbs the listener because of its unpredictable changes and comfortable ease of transition." - Jim Santella, AllAboutJazz.com 4 stars **** "He assembles some of the hottest players in contemporary jazz to aid him in his quest... and sets about creating an impassioned argument for the future of the medium. Though not light on solo improvisation, Spin %26 Drift is that rare beast among jazz albums; a consolidated, composition-based, band effort." - Jeff Miers, Blue Dog Press "A certified virtuoso." -The Georgia Straight "...the new high-speed motorboat of contrebasse."-Le Monde "Gress is a gifted bassist-reminiscent of LaFaro, yet altogether personal." -All About Jazz, Italy "ÉGress delivering an awesome bass solo of sly flicks and graceful melodic curvesÉ" John Fordham-The Guardian "Gress is by turns a propulsive and spacious presence and then riveting soloist." -Mike Collins, London Jazz News &contact=Email drewski@frontiernet.net Bookings in Europe: Saudades Tourneen Thomas Stoewsand A-6200 Rotholz 369a Austria Phone : 43 5244 61151 Fax : 43 5244 61155 saudades@saudades.at &caption1=Download Hi-Res &credit1=photo: Jimmy Katz &caption2=Download Hi-Res &credit2=photo: Jimmy Katz &caption3=Somewhere in Europe &credit3=photo: unknown &caption4=Somewhere in Europe &credit4=photo: unknown &caption5=At a studio in Iceland &credit5=photo: Scott McLemore &caption6=Download Hi-Res &credit6=photo: Robert Lewis &caption7=Download Hi-Res &credit7=photo: Robert Lewis &caption8=Download Hi-Res &credit8=photo: unknown